Check this map to see if harmful Roundup pesticide has been sprayed near your neighborhood

Want to know if your favorite neighborhood park or playground is one of the 2,748 in NYC that has been contaminated with Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing Roundup pesticide spray? Well, thanks to Reverend Billy and the members of the Coalition Against Poison Parks, you can now use an interactive map to see exactly where the toxic substance, which has been linked to cancer, birth defects, allergies and asthma, has been sprayed around the city.

Data from the Parks Department was used to create the interactive map, which was presented to Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, by members of the Coalition Against Poison Parks at a meeting last Tuesday. The group plans to push the commissioner for full public disclosure about the use of glyphosate around the city and demand an end to its use.

According to the Pesticide Use by New York City Agenciesin 2014, Roundup is currently used by the NYC Parks Department all over the city. However not all of the locations where glyphosate is in use were previously disclosed to the public. For example, data from Central Park and other areas managed by non-profit conservancies is not included in the Park Data. Scarily, though, according to an EcoWatch report, the use of the Monsanto product has doubled in the city since 2013.

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On what basis do you say that round up is bad for you? 'Possible' doesn't mean it is, do you also avoid toast, and want to ban toast from schools? Perhaps claim feeding children toast is akin to child abuse?

On what basis do you say that round up is bad for you? 'Possible' doesn't mean it is, do you also avoid toast, and want to ban toast from schools? Perhaps claim feeding children toast is akin to child abuse?